Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A former Pennsylvania
resident currently living in North Carolina was ordered June 22 to pay more
than $11,700 in restitution to his companys pension plan, a fine of
$3,000 and a $50 special assessment.

Scott L. Stover, formerly of Bern Township, a
suburb of Reading, also was sentenced to serve five years probation
including four months of home confinement for embezzling assets of the employee
benefit plan covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA).

Stover, owner of the now defunct Mel Dietrich
Electrical Construction, Inc. of Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty
December 18,
2000 to embezzling approximately $22,000 from the companys retirement
plan while he and his wife were trustees.

The sentence was handed down in federal
district court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The
sentencing resulted from an investigation conducted by the Philadelphia
Regional Office of the Labor Departments Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration.

(U.S. v. Scott L. Stover Criminal Action No.
98-787)

U.S. Department of
Labor news releases are accessible on the Internet. The information in this
news release will be made available in alternate format upon request (large
print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the Central Office for Assistive
Services and Technology. Please specify which news release when placing your
request. Call 202.693.7773 or TTY 202.693.7775.